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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. but she has zero power. even admitting that she's open to crypto ideas is a big step
  2. More safeguards and regulation is good for crypto no matter what the crypto-anarchists thinks. The real key is to allow and assist institutional banks as custodians of crypto which will allow people to own crypto with much less risk. People should still be allowed to self-custody but don't create barriers to casual ownership. (I know the Jamie Dimons of the world may say they don't want to be custodians for fake assets but banks will always go to the money.) Also people need to be told the truth of what they're buying. I've run into more than 1 person who says they're in Bitcoin because they bought a meme token. No, you bought some magic beans from a stranger. When the Dave Ramsey show (maybe not him personally) are softly saying they're ok with minor crypto speculation, this industry isn't going anywhere.
  3. Doesn't Texas tort reform limit the camp(s) liability? Also the Texas Monthly article from 10+ years was very clear how they structured ownership to protect against taxes, I would have to assume that there was an unspoken aspect of liability protection as well. You can't tell me that they want to protect annual revenue from fed taxes but they didn't go even further to protect the main asset which was the property value?
  4. Each cycle is unique especially now that ETFs are in place and you have a crypto-friendly administration even though they're unpredictable. I don't buy when someone attempts to model the current cycle by reviewing previous history.
  5. Whether Kerr County puts in a warning system/process now, that's just some version of how much of an idiot they are all. I'm more interested in other communities around the state whether they will review and update their flood warning systems or not. Most Texas places, especially on the eastern half may not have the extreme flash flooding potential but it doesn't mean they can't flood.
  6. Try the McWilliams years. Mackovic looks like Saban. EDIT: Already posted. Delete post, ban user.
  7. I can only imagine that Kash and Bongino are unlikely to be putting in more than 2 hours of daily real work between them both. It's easy to criticize from the sidelines. Not so much when you're in charge. I've always thought that running the FBI would be a 20 hour per day role. Maybe you can get Sunday afternoon off.
  8. Love it that we basically have the deputy director of the FBI (Bongino) saying that it's either him or the AG, Pam Bondi, due to the Epstein files. And JD is trying to bring Bongino back into the fold.
  9. I haven't watched full episodes in forever but I could watch Youtube compilations like the "Best of Jian Yang" all day. I also thought they did a pretty good finale showing where the group ended up 10 years later, which was still as dysfunctional as ever. Silicon Valley was so much better than Entourage.
  10. This is why they need Choke Canyon to have more water, and convince farmers and residents that filtered fracking water is perfectly healthy.
  11. SIAP. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/texas-floods-greg-abbott-stoicism.html I'll let Earl speak for me any day.
  12. the dog caught the car, and now MAGA leaders are having to tell the truth to the conspiracy crowd. I never bought the idea that there is this client or blackmail list. Now did Epstein blackmail someone or more likely gave an implication of it? Maybe but it's unlikely there is a file called Blackmail list.
  13. Bots have been posting this about many rich or famous people. If you see these posts, the funeral costs have now been covered 100x. If you see someone posting this, you really should unfriend that person or at least unfollow so you don't have to see their bs. What really sucks is that Google crawls publicly facing facebook posts, so people can google it as a "fact check" and they believe Google has fact checked in the search results. They haven't.
  14. Sounds like an answer that a junior PR person got from ChatGPT. There is no politician that would reply that disclosure would be embarrassing.
  15. My bet is Abbott has been promising Musk the world in order for SpaceX to be the first company in the future Texas stock market. This includes looking the other way about any environment concerns and draining South Texas of even more water for his lithium plant in Robstown (Corpus.) This last topic is one that is woefully ignored by the general media. I would imagine that the emails are very direct in Abbott selling Texas out. And I'm not even considering how Abbott himself could be potentially benefiting from these arrangements.
  16. Honesty I would have thought Ken would have chosen someone attractive as a side piece. But hey the heart wants what the heart wants.
  17. This is the argument that creates a $250k Bitcoin, or whatever. Plus or minus. The demand is high and outpace new supply, not that new supply is necessarily on the market. Of course there is always profit taking whether you bought at $1 or $100k. however bitcoin is becoming more mainstream every day especially as it become accepted by the us govt. to be clear, I think we could easily see $80k before $250k. You need a strong stomach to own bitcoin.
  18. I’m in the camp that everyone should work at least until their mid 50s given peak income potential. Now if you have $10m in the bank or family health problems, that’s another story. Most people in their 50s don’t have that large of a nest egg and they honesty have more time on their hands than ever before. now if someone wants to take a less stressful role, or pull back from responsibilities, that’s cool. You still can earn a good income due to your experience.
  19. bump. Last night I caught Rounders for the first time in at least 15 years. It's on Paramount+ which I get for free from a credit card. There are definite plot cracks if not holes but I wonder if they occurred with the editing by dropping scenes. What is Grama and Worm's past together, and did Worm screw Grama in some way? Grama is angry at the end that Mike's paying off the debt. Isn't a loan shark satisfied about getting paid? He can still beat up Mike or Worm if he wants. Feels like Gretchen Mol's character had a larger role but it was cut. She's also very aware of Knish and Worm so I doubt she doesn't have some not-so-clean past. Petra was way too hot for the role especially in terms of Mike rejecting her while drinking after getting dumped. With this rewatch, Landau (law professor) may have wanted more than Mike than a professor-student relationship. He's overly excited every time they speak in an off putting way. The Mike-Johnny Chan play was ridiculous. Buying a pot off a world champ doesn't mean you can compete at that level. Mike knew it was a mistake when Worm sat down at the police card game. Why didn't he just walk away after a couple of hands. He had most of the money to pay off the Worm's debt. I don't know who owns the rights to this story but it's perplexing they never found a way to make a sequel in the early 00s. Even if you couldn't get Damon or Norton, create a rounder 2 with new characters. It might suck but it would make money.
  20. I used to work with a IT director who quit her lucrative corp job to open up a tanning salon. Perhaps she disliked IT and wanted a change, but for the life of me I couldn't comprehend that running that small business would preferable to a a high paying office job. Yes there are bad/stressful working environments, so why not try your luck at another company that gives you a large salary. The tanning salon idea could still be an option, and actually there is nothing preventing you from doing both simultaneously, unless it's your dream to actively work at the salon each day. I've also run across some older coworkers who go the small business route during retirement because they are trying to get their wayward adult children to commit to a career by creating a job for them.
  21. Angela has leverage over Ken at this point because he wants to get his senate campaign under way. He can't afford her divorcing him in the middle of a race so she can ask for the moon now. If Ken has billionaire backers, they may have to write her a very large check to walk away after signing a NDA. I could see her wanting a high 7 or low 8 figure settlement. I don't think he has it but others do. Since it's not uncommon for a senator to only face a tough race the first time, Paxton could easily be senator for the next 24 years.
  22. I don't know if it would be a satisfactory answer that the reward, of my suffering, is that people will know my name. How about a little less suffering and few less people know my name? Then again I've never been a fan of any story where someone is tested. It feels like a method to control people by proclaiming that it's God testing them. I can understand those in power like stories like this.
  23. The Hill Country will eat it up. The GOP will gain voters.
  24. Trump is scheduled to be at camp mystic today. What's the over/under on him praising himself, Noem, and bashing the evil Dems. I also guarantee that he will state that no one could foresee this disaster.
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